Doctor John wrote:
> Why is it that so many M$ users (present company excepted) defend their
> choice by pointing to the success of M$ as a company rather than being
> able to rationally discuss the pros and cons of Windows (all variants)
> as a stable and secure OS? 

Because non-technical people don't know about that stuff. They just know 
that it can't be *too* bad if that many people are using it.  I.e., they 
look at the users, and trust the opinion of those who most got it right.

It's not science, it's politics.

> with the migration (and that decision is irrevocable)

It's a transition, not a migration. A migration returns again next year 
to where they started. ;-)

[I had a boss that was almost as anal about that word as Warp is about 
cut&paste. ;-]

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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